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Off to the 2016 Oscars in the UK.
An excited group of students and teachers gathered at Faro airport on friday to depart on their Oscar adventure in the UK. The students are part of the film and digital media project at Silves Sul School and movies have been entered into the Oscars at Wildern School in Southampton. Six films have been shortlisted and the group will find out whose has been chosen as Best International Film at the Wildern School’s Oscar ceremony on Monday 11 July. The event is well known in the UK and this is the third time that students from Silves Sul have submitted entries. Past President of RC Silves, Alan Winn is accompanying the students and will be awarding the Oscar for Best Animation. Silves Rotary Club has raised funds to enable this student and teacher exchange and support for the Silves Sul Oscars.
The students will stay with English families and experience English home life. They have a full itinerary activities which includes joining their exchange partners in lessons at Wildern School. The group returns in 6 days with an Oscar we hope! We will be posting pictures here of their trip as they are received.
The first day is getting to know you day. But as the weather was not too good all the activities were inside. The students and their hosts were given a lesson in cooking traditional UK dishes which were consumed for lunch.
Lunch was followed by archery. Robin Hood eat your heart out…..
A day with the families on Sunday and then school and the Oscar ceremony.
Happy Handover
On the 30 June we celebrated our Presidential Handover at The Holiday Inn, Armação de Pêra on the . It was a very happy occasion as rotarians and friends gathered as Outgoing President Bart van Linden passed on the Rotary chain of office to David Trubshaw, the new President of RC Silves. David is a well-known local artist and presented Bart with a copy of his book “Haiku for you”. The book contains Haikus and paintings by David. Proceeds from the sale of the book have been donated to Castelo dos Sonhos, a charity which RC Silves is proud to support.
District Governor Abílío Lopes presented David with a tie and David gave him a gift of his Haiku books to sell with monies donated to the DG’s chosen charities. David first task in his new role was to present Honorary Members with their certificates.
David outlined his objectives for the year and rounded of the afternoon by winning Heads and Tails..
We are all looking forward to Fellowship, Fun and Fundraising this year.
Garden Party Fun
Sunday 19 June was when friends gathered at the home of Stewart and Linda for a garden party in aid of the Education Fund. We could not have wished for a better day. Temperatures were just right and with the party set in the beautiful garden of their home near Nora we all enjoyed a wide range of delicious food provided by friends and members of the club.
Incoming President David Trudshaw organised most of the games and winners were able to take home some fabulous prizes.
The event was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended and over 1000€ was raised on the day.
A big thank you must go to Stewart and Linda for hosting the event and to all those who contributed to make such a successful day.
Gifts for Castelo do Sonhos
Stewart & Linda of Rotary Clube de Silves hands over a gift of toys, baby clothes & toiletries to Dave Mossman of Castelo do Sonhos.
These were collected & donated by Stewart’s friends in Rotary Club Burnham Beeches in UK.
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600 Celebrate the 2016 Oscares
Last week the Oscars came to Pêra and six hundred guests gathered at the Cultural Centre in Pêra to celebrate the films and artwork of the pupils of Agrupamento de Escolas de SilvesSul an initiative started by the Rotary Club of Silves. It was a night of glamour and celebration as the nominees walked the red carpet and wondered whether it was to be their night.
The glamour did not end with the red carpet as the students and their guests dressed up for the occasion. The nominees, their parents and friends were joined by Peter Abbott, the Deputy British Ambassador to Portugal, Rosa Palma, Mayor of Silves, Clive Jewel, British Vice Consul, representatives from the Freguesias around the area and educationists from across the Algarve. Rotarians from various clubs across the Algarve were also present to celebrate the students’ achievements and support this educational project.
The Deputy Ambassador was full of praise for the event describing the Oscars as a fantastic event and that everyone involved should be incredibly proud. He was in admiration of the talents and skills of the young people who took part in the Oscars. He also thanked the staff and students from Wildern School for their contribution. He pledged continued Embassy support for the project.
Escolas de SilvesSul and Wildern School from the UK have worked in partnership to develop this event which is modelled on a similar ceremony at Wildern School. Six pupils from Wildern School and two teachers joined the pupils of Escolas de SilvesSul on the red carpet. Forty films and many pieces of artwork and photographs were submitted for the Oscars. Fifty were nominated across eleven categories from Best Short Film, Best International Film, Best Primary School Film through to Best Artwork and Photography.
To whoops of delight from the pupils of SilvesSul, the winners were drawn from the gold envelopes. The judges presented the Oscars and prizes to the winners who gave a short thank you speech which was accompanied by huge smiles of delight.
Alan Winn, Past President of RC Silves thanked the staff of Escolas de Silves Sul whose efforts made this event happen particularly Carla Mourinho, Daniel Carvalo, Cidalia Azinhiero and Director Carlos Silva. The Pupils from the Algarve and the UK have formed strong friendships and are look forward to meeting again in July when six students from Escolas SilvesSul travel to the UK for the Wildern Oscars.
Cookery Competition Gala Dinner
Competition finalists, together with Parents, Teachers and Rotarians were guests at a special gala dinner at the Conrad last wednesday for the presentation of the winners cup of the Rotary Algarve Schools Cookery competition. This was the third year of the competition that was once again organised by the Rotary Clubs of Almancil and Silves. The winning team was Escola EB2,3 Dr. António de Sousa Agostinho in Almancil.
Altogether 12 teams entered from Agrupamento de Escolas de Silves Sul, Escola Secundária Dra. Laura Ayres in Quarteira and Escola EB2,3 Dr. António de Sousa Agostinho in Almancil.
Ten judges headed by Peter Hinze and Alan Winn of the Rotary clubs tasted 18 three-course lunches before choosing the final two teams; one from the school in Almancil and the other from the school in Quarteira.
As well as the food, the judges also took into account the performance of the students acting as waiting staff.
“All the students taking part showed great promise and gave us some superb food,” said Alan Winn. “Deciding on the two teams to go through to the final was extremely difficult.”
The finals were held at the Conrad Hotel on March 9. The teams were each presented with a ‘mystery box’ of ingredients from which they had to produ.ce a three-course lunch.
Students were able to experience a kitchen at a five star hotel and get a little advice from three top class chefs: Executive Chef Osvalde Silva, Sous Chef Vitor Viegas and Pastry Chef Roberto Horta.
Peter Hinze said: “After much discussion we awarded first prize to the team from Escola EB2,3 Dr. António de Sousa Agostinho who gave us a starter of chicken roulade with salad, followed by baked salmon on a bed of potato and spinach, and ending with crème caramel.
Giving thanks to the Conrad for its support, Peter said he hoped the experience would encourage some of the students to follow a career in catering.
The meal for the evening was provided by the Conrad chefs who prepared the winning meal giving it their own own twist.
The Almancil school was presented with the winners’ cup with members from each team being awarded a certificate and a personalised apron. In addition to the cup for the winning team, this year a prize was awarded for the best dish of the competition to Miguel Reis of Escola Secundária Dra. Laura Ayres for his fish in tempura batter with savoury rice, said to be “perfect” by guest judge Didier Cazes, formerly of Restaurante Couleur France in Almancil.
Cookery Semi Finalists Chosen
The semi finals start on the 23 February with teams of 5 made up of 3 chefs and 2 servers. The final two teams will cook in the Conrad Hotel kitchen in March. The prizes will be awarded at a celebration dinner in the Conrad Hotel. The Semi Finalists are:-
Team 3 Almancil with a winning menu of
Pumpkin Soup
Codfish with Cream
Passionfruit Bavaroise
Team 1 Quarteira
Pea and Mint Soup
Venison with Madeira Sauce
Brownie with Yogurt and Lime Foam
Team 2 Algoz
Avacado Cocktail
Poached Salmon with Orange Salad
Asian Dessert
Team 1 Armação de Pêra
Pumpkin Crème with Toast
Pork Fillet with Green Salad
Fruit Basket with Ice Cream
Cookery Competition 2015/16
Students from schools in Almancil, Quarteira, Algoz and Armacão de Pêra have been preparing their menus and putting on their aprons for the cookery competition supported by IRC Almancil and RC Silves. The schools have to choose their best teams to go forward to semi finals. The judges have been helping in their selection with advice and support and of course sampling the menus. Dispite their obvious nerves, they all coped well and provided a very good level of service. The judges provide valuable feedback for the teams during these practice sessions. Each school will identify a team of 5 made up of 3 chefs and 2 servers for the semi final next month. The final two teams will cook in the Conrad Hotel kitchen in March. The prizes will be awarded at a celebration dinner in the Conrad Hotel.
See pictures of all the menus so far..…… More to Come
UK Toilet Bags Distributed in Silves
As part of RC Silves Community Service, Stewart & Linda handed over 2 large boxes to Dave Mossman for Castelo do Sonhos.
The boxes contained 180 small white towels and 40 toilet bags each containing soap / towellette / shaving kit / toothbrush.
These were obtained via a Rotary colleague of Stewart’s in the UK. Thank you goes to Algarve removals who shipped the boxes free of charge to Portugal.
Dave reported that CAFAP / Castelo do Sonhos were delighted and quickly identified needy recipients.
Two Encores Needed
Another enthralling concert at the Casa da Cultura, Silves: Eighty people enjoyed drinks and canapés in the garden of the Casa de Cultura as they gathered to hear a superb programme of music by Sonora Saxaphone Quartet. Their interesting programme included music by Dvorak, J.B Singelé, Bach, Piazzolla and Gershwin. The audience were enthralled especially by their performance of the Rhapsody in Blue and called for two encores. The benefit event raised 1000€ for Banco Alimentar. Thanks go to the RC Silves event team, Casa Cultura staff, Silves Camara and the pupils of Escola Silves Sul for their help serving the drinks and canapés.
Rotary Clube de Silves 